User:Mlehn0002/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Medicine in the medieval Islamic world

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it's a pretty broad piece of text that covers a major topic of our History of Science curriculum. This article matters because it sets the foundation of medicine in the Islamic world as we move down the timeline into scientific evolution. My preliminary impression of it was it is extremely lengthy; there is a lot to be talked about. But, the outline and structure is really good and easy to follow, which makes it less intense.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

There is a good, short intro sentence for the article. This sentence does indeed lead into a short introductory paragraph The lead is also concise and includes all sections.

Content

All content is relevant to Islamic Medicine. All content does seem to be up to date as well. It does not seem that there is content missing nor irrelevantly added. It does contain equity gaps and it does represent underrepresented populations.

Tone and Balance

The article is very neutral; it stays factual. No signs of claims that show bias. Some sections are longer than others, but they are indented and separated appropriately. There are multiple viewpoints as well. No persuasion.

Sources/references

All info has a reliable/secondary source labeled. All the sources are thorough and all sources are current. The article is diverse in different perspectives from authors. The links I checked worked and are active.

Organization/writing quality

The article is well written -- long, but outlined well. No grammatical errors as far as I can see.

Images and Media

All images are relevant to the text. All images have closed captioning. They adhere copyright rules. Images are appealing and aesthetically pleasing to the outline.

Talk page

The talk-page consists mostly of supported course assignments. Some did add new information like literature, ethics, Indian, treatment of women, and pre-Islamic info. It is a Wikiproject and seems to be rated "B-class."

Overall impressions

The article is very good. It is lengthy, but adds a lot of useful info -- everything you need to know about for Islamic medicine. It can get confusing with all the different types of ethnicity, but the article is separated well and easy to follow. There's a lot of individuals with their background and specialty in Islamic medicine that I don't know is very relevant. Did not miss any content though. Very well developed.